Black Kirby is the collaborative alter ego of artists and scholars John Jennings and Stacey Robinson. This piece, titled Afro Blue, is an example of the revisionist stance found within the Black Kirby body of work. Paying stylistic deference to the cartooning genius of Jack Kirby—the artist who co-created Captain America, The Mighty Thor, The Hulk, and others—the work in this series uses the tropes of the comic genre, reifying or inverting them in order to explore, criticize, and expand the current spectrum of African-American representation.

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Giclée printing using up to 12 color archival inks. No optical brighteners are used; this extends the life of your print. Unframed.

John Jennings is an illustrator, designer, curator, and scholar who researches identity in popular culture through the comic book medium. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Buffalo.

Black Kirby is the collaborative alter ego of artists and scholars John Jennings and Stacey Robinson. This piece, titled Afro Blue, is an example of the revisionist stance found within the Black Kirby body of work. Paying stylistic deference to the cartooning genius of Jack Kirby—the artist who co-created Captain America, The Mighty Thor, The Hulk, and others—the work in this series uses the tropes of the comic genre, reifying or inverting them in order to explore, criticize, and expand the current spectrum of African-American representation.

Giclée printing using up to 12 color archival inks. No optical brighteners are used; this extends the life of your print. Unframed.

John Jennings is an illustrator, designer, curator, and scholar who researches identity in popular culture through the comic book medium. He is currently an associate professor at the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Buffalo.

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